Rainbow Pool - Wikipedia

The Rainbow Pool was a reflecting pool located on the National Mall in Washington D.C., USA. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.,^[1] and was situated between the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (to the west), and 17th Street NW (to the east). The pool was renamed the Rainbow Pool on October 15, 1924 after it was noticed that its 124 nozzles created a "perfect rainbow" when turned on.^[2]

In 2001 it was integrated into the National World War II Memorial, which features the pool located in roughly the same spot.^[3] The builders of the National World War II Memorial asserted that the memorial would not destroy the Rainbow pool; rather it would be sunk lower into the ground to better fit the structure of the World War II Memorial.^[4] This was a controversial development, as the Rainbow Pool has a central, visible location between the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. The debate over the World War II Memorial's occupation of the space had to be resolved by legislation from the U.S. Congress in 2001 which allowed the building of the memorial to continue.^[5]

References

^ Savage, Kirk (2009). Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 303. ISBN 0520256549.
^ The Washington Post (Oct 15, 1924). "NEW RAINBOW FOUNTAIN' ON ELLIPSE PLAYS TODAY: 124 Nozzles Shoot Streams in Air, Reflecting Spectrum at Lincoln Memorial. PRESIDENT MAY ATTEND". Retrieved June 24, 2014.
^ Jennifer Rosenberg. "The World War II Memorial in Washington DC". about.com. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
^ "Correcting the Critics: The Facts". National WWII Memorial. 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
^ Savage, Kirk (2009). Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 300. ISBN 0520256549.

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Boundaries	Anacostia River Arlington Memorial Bridge Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Constitution Avenue Francis Scott Key Bridge Pennsylvania Avenue Potomac River Zero Milestone
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